Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Chionoecetes opilio

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chionoecetes opilio

Main Ref.	Chuchukalo, V.I., V.A. Nadtochy, V.N. Koblikov and O.Y. Borilko, 2011
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	10.80 CW
Sample size	147	Percent empty	24.49
Country	Russia	Locality	North Primorsky Krai
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chionoecetes opilio

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
4.90 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	unspecified gammarids
1.60 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	ascidians	juv./adults	unspecified tunicates
0.10 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	unspecified brown algae
0.20 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	unspecified filamentous algae
5.00 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	unspecified bivalves	Mass representatives include the genus Nuculana and Yoldia.
5.60 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	unspecified bony fishes	Mass representatives are from the family Pleuronectidae.
4.50 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Paralithodes camtschaticus
6.60 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Erimacrus isenbeckii
6.90 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Chionoecetes opilio
4.00 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	detritus
0.80 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	unspecified euphausiids
2.90 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	unspecified gastropods
1.80 %	zooplankton	jellyfish/hydroids	jellyfish/hydroids	juv./adults	unspecified hydrozoans
2.30 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified bryozoans
3.80 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	other unspecified components
13.60 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	unspecified polychaetes	Mass representatives include the families Aphroditidae and Oweniidae.
0.20 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	sea stars/brittle stars	juv./adults	unspecified sea stars
14.60 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	sea stars/brittle stars	juv./adults	unspecified brittle stars
17.30 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	unspecified shrimps	Mass representatives include the families Pandalidae and Crangonidae.
2.50 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	unspecified sponges
0.80 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	unspecified squids

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